OTY ENTERMSEil Tha enterprise only Clackamaa 0 Nawapapsr that all of tha ntwa growing County. Haa your subscription ox. plrtdf Look at ' . bat. You ahould p a1 ny our ' . w" ..iDora. Attan' At .. forty fifth yiar-no. 21 OREGON CITY, OUEGON, FIUPAY, MAY 26, 1911. ESTABLISHED ISM FARMERS RALLY . 1S0RS OF T OF FETE E 81 OREGON SUPERV HUGL ROCK DEALS VETERANS MAKE MEMORIAL PLANS SET APART FOR FUN MASKED REVELRY TO PREVAIL AT PORTLAND R08E FESTIVAL. NALLY IS RELEASED MAN DEATH BLOW 0 NEW RAILROAD SCHOOLS NAMED TWENTY-FOUR OF TWENTY-FIVE AT MULINO MEETING TAKE STOCK. BEAVER CREEK MLN ALSO SUBSCRIBE Enthusiasm at Both Place Intanao and Residents Aro Eagar To Aatlat Oraat Entarprllo. 1 hat the money necessary for the ronipl)'tlnn ami operation of tli Cluckamaa Houfhcrn Rullway, which will priK irate ih rich MoIhIIu Valley will noon be raised, wu proved by the enthusiasm and desire to sub sribc for atock of iwrsons who at' tended two mounter meetings Friday. The first meeting lit held at Mullno, and of the twenty-live persona who attended, twenty-four subscribed for lock In thn railroad, and It la ho llered that the twentyflfth will event ually emulate the example aut by the nthera. At a meeting held at Heaver Creek In the evenltiK there was the aame dexlre among those In attendance to he among the alookholdera. The peo ple living along the line of the rail road are dally becoming more and more interested In the enterprise, now that there la no question about the roud being built and put Into opera tion In the near future, i'eraona not dlrertly Intereated are also looking Into the enterprise, and not one haa been found but declared that the op portunity for Investment waa an un usually attractive one. The fact that the promoter! are giving their time and money, without any remuneration whatever, haa at tracted a great deal of attention and favorable comment. Many residents of Portland have bought atock and othera have declared their Intention of doing so. One man who haa been Interested In several railroad! declar ed Thursday that the Clackamaa Southern offered the best opportunity for Investment that he had ever known. Messrs. Grant H Dlmlck, K. M. Swift. O. D. Kby and W. A. Hhewman attended the meeting at Mulluo and Heaver Creek. Mr. Dlmlck explained to the men who assembled In the Orange Halt the work that had been done and the proaiiocta or tne roaa He waa given rapt attention and when he finished there waa a lively acram ble among those present to subscribe for stock. Thn following attended the meeting: C. T. Howard. R. II. Long, N. II. Darnall. Wkltfr Waldorf. C. M. Dan- tela. Thomft! Cordon, F. E- Church III, Thomas Flh, Charles How ard, II. A. Howard. H. H. Hnodgraas, Frank Manning, August Krlrkmm. Elmer' Erlckson, E. J. Koimf. F .Churchill. W. V. Porter, W W. Holther. C. H. Porter. J. A. Hall, J. A. Dnvls. Archie J. Davis, J. Hola- lensen. W. H. RelUer and J. 1 Evans , Several of these men had subscribed before, but they declared that they believed the Investment auch a good one they wanted more stock. The work of grading will be begun at Ma lino In about two weeks. It will take the engineer about Hint long to put In the new grade atnkea. The meeting at Heaver Creek waa Juat aa enthusiastic as the one at Mullno, and many subscriptions for stock were received. Every resident of that section has an interest In the railroad and Is doing all he can for Ita promotion. If there Is one antagonis tic to the proposition he la yet to be hoard from. The grading at Heaver Creek will start next week and the work will be rapidly advanced. It la the intention of the manage ment to build a modern railroad In all respecta. Tha fills are wide and In many places where ronds are crossed the railroad will be overhead. It la the deaire to avoid as many grade crossing" as possible, and whore tho cost is not tuo great trestles will be built. Samson Sella Pies and Neckties. Justice of the Peace Samson on Sat urday officiated at an auction ante ot pies and necktlea at the school at Clark e, of which Robert Ginther is teacher. The pies and neckties brought a good price, and enough waa realized to provide a desk for the teacher and blinds for the windows. EXAMINATION TO BE HELD TOR POSTMEN SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES ARE TO GET J0SITI0N8 AS VACANCIES OCCUR. Pout muster Randall will, on next Saturday, conduct an examination for carrler-clerka. Five or six men have already made application to take the examination and It Is expected that other applications will be died. It la probable that a hall will be rented In whlrh to conduct the examination. Tbere is no vacancy In the regular force of letter carrier! at present, but there will aoon be need for a substi tute carrier. Mr. Butta, of Parkplace, recently resigned aa substitute car rier. The Oregon City postofflce Is of the second-class, and carriers make from 60O to $1100 a year, according to the length of lervlce. The men who ar successful la the examination will be in line for employment aa varanc occur. Among the subjects Included in the examination are arith metic, spelling and geography. HARRINGTON PROVES THAT HE DID NOT ATTACK JUSTICE OF PEACE. Edward Harrington, road foreman In tho Oak Grove District, waa ac quitted Frlduy In Justice of the Peace Kelso'a Court at Mllwaukie, of a charge of having assaulted Justice of the I'eare Iligham, of Oak Orove. The evidence was all In Harrington s favor and showed that he did not at tack Mr. Iligham. The altercation which resulted In a warrant being United for Mr. Har rington occurred laat Saturday. The foreman had Just Mulshed road In Ouk (rove when Justice of the 1'eace IllKhum appeared on the scene and demanded that a ditch at the aide of the road bo filled. This Mr. Har rington refused to do, declaring that the ditch was necessary for proper drainage. Iligham Is said to have threatened Harrington, whereupon the latter picked up a rock and prepared to do- fend himself. The trouble Is believed to have been Indirectly the result of the recent action of the County Court In dismissing Itoad Superintendent Harris of tho Oak Orove District, (ieorgo C. Itrownell defended Mr. Har rington. TO O. W. P. MAKES CONCESSIONS TO OREGON CITY FRUIT A PRODUCE UNION. STATION TO BE OPEN IN EVENINGS Gladstone to Have Cars for Benefit of Growers In Tnat Section Rate Ten Cents Hundred. The Oregon City Fruit A Produce Union, wblc . ranging to handle the strawberry crop ot ihla vicinity, has obtained Important concessions from the O. W. T. Railroad. Tho union has also obtained cratea at auch prices as to cost the member! but little more than the Portland prices. The railroad company has agreed to receive berries at the station until 9 o'clock In the evenings, which will be a great convenience to the shipper. The station heretofore haa been closed at 4 o'clock In the afternoon. The rate will be ten cents a hundred pounds, which Is three cents a crate. For the benefit of the growers be low Gladstone, a car will be left on the spur at Oladatuno each day In which the shipper can load at his convenience until 10 o'clock at night, when tho car will be attached to a through freight train. The cars will he opened at 5:30 o'clock In the morn ing and so placed that the draya can load directly from the cars, saving much handling and placing the ber ries on the market early In the morn ing. Clackamas county strawberries will should begin to ripcu In a week or ten days. The prospect is for one of the largest yields In the history of the county. MILLS BUY BIG BUILDING. Portland Company Gets Structure Used by Moody Stable. The Portland Flouring Mills has purchased the property belonging to Mrs. Helen M. Stratton, of Portland. The large building, which Is occupied by the H. S. Moody livery Btablo, will be thoroughly renovated, and will be UHed to store feed carried by the mill' lug company. The Portland Flouring Mills Is now occupying the lower part of the Armory building. Hasklns Succeeds Huntley. SALEM, May 23. (Special.) Leon B. Hasklns, of Medford, has been ap pointed a member of the State Hoard of Pharmacy to succeed Clyde B. Huntley, of Oregon City, whose term expired recently. BEAVER BIDING IS SOLD FOR $50,000 FRANK JAGGAR AND J. W. LODER ARE PURCHASERS OF PROPERTY. The Beaver building, located on Main street between Sixth and Seventh Streets, was sold Saturday by H. C. Stevens and William Anderson to Frank Jaggar and John W. Loder, Mr. Jaggar acquiring a three-fourths Interest In the property and Mr. Loder one-fourth. The sale embraces two lots, with a frontage of 66 feet on Main and on Water Streets, and a depth of 210 feet through the block. There are two residence! on the Wa ter Btreet side of the property. Mr. Jaggar formerly owned a half interest In the property, but about a year ago he sold his Interest to Mr. Anderson, who with Mr. Stevens erect ed, the two-story brick on Main Street known as the Beaver building. The cost of the structure waa about 925. 000. The property la considered, to be among the moat desirable In the city. The consideration was 130,000. RAILROAD AID n SHIPPERS BOARD APPOINTS MRS. E. C. SHAW, J. E. CALAVAN AND C. F. ANDERSON. t MEMBERS 10 CET $100 A MONTH Oragon City Not Affected By Now Law Passed By Legislature Board Members Not Paid. work of the supervisors and adopting rules, siwedlly elected three educa tors on the first ballot. The supervis ors will receive a aalary of $100 month for 10 months In the year, and expenses, consisting of board and lodging, ear-fare and care and feed of horae during the time tbey are actually on duty, and thoy must fur nish their own conveyances. The work of the supervisors will com mence September 1 next. The new luw provides In counties having more than CO schools, the county superintendent shall appoint an Educational Hoard, consisting of four members, and he shall be a mem ber of the Hoard, making five In all, and he shall also be secretary. This board serves without salary, and Is empowered to name at least two su- pervlaors, the law. contemplating that there must be a supervisor to at least 50 schools, and there may be on to each 20. In Clackamas county there are 127 schools, Including the joint diatrlcta where the buildings are lo cated In this county, and not embrac ing Oregon City, which Is a first-class district and does not come under the Jurisdiction of the Educational Board. In (his county, therefore, the board may appoint as many as seven su pervisors, the minimum being two, snd the members took the position ' that the county waa too large for two supervisors to do proper work and added another. Mrs. Emllle C. Shaw has been prin cipal of the Mllwaukie public schools At the first meeting of the Clacka mas County Educational Hoard held Saturday afternoon at the Court House, the following supervisors were elected tinier uiu new law, passed at the last session of tne State Legis lature: Mrs. Emllle C. Shaw, of Mllwaukie. J. K. Calavan, of Maple Lane. Carl F. Anderson, of West Oregon City. The Educational Board was In ses Hlon three hours, and after perfecting organization, dlBcuasIng plans for the for aeveral years, and has done ex cellent work there. She was principal of the Eastham building at Oregon City before going to Mllwaukie, and was recently offered the position as principal of the public schools at Scappooae, Or. Mr. Calavan has been teaching school for 18 years and most of his work has been In the rural districts. He was for 10 years in Crook county, and then taught school In Linn coun ty. He has been principal of the Maple Lane school three years. Mr. Anderson drat entered educa (Continued on Page 4.) FASHIONS Advance proof of a mew Paris convulsion Paper pauern will be Bent to responsible barties.Notrlflers. 7m7 Vfrlf-S'Dl s-i fwE WNT TOLEAvC UtiEIm) I f I CAN'T MEAlf) , , ouJPeT3HR I OUR M0YEYf TOU THINK THEY'VE GOT ANYTHING ON FATHER PORTLAND, Or., May 19. (Spec ial.) Masked revelry will prevail at tho coming Portland Rose festival. At least one mgnt will be given over to fun and frolic In which maaked merry-makers may disport to their heart's content. Sections of Sixth and Seventh Streets will be set ipart for these festivities and at alternate street In lerHectlona band! will be stationed to add to the attractiveness of the oc casion. The street! will be specially decorated and Illuminated so that with the gaily dressed masqueraders, the scene will resemble fairyland. Secret and fraternal orders of the city are expected to take an Interest In this feature of the festival and they will appear wearing the Insignia of their lodges. One such organiza tion promises to appear In trappings of old feudal days. Other societies will put on burlesque stums or special drills and dances. The public generally, however, may join In these exercises that will be dedicated to Momus, the presiding deity of the mask, and to Comus, god of revels. Women of the city may appear In gay festal garb which Is one of the attractive features of floral carnivals abroad. LIFE WITH ACID CARL NOBS DESPONDENT BE CAUSE PARENTS BOUGHT STORE IN BOLTON. BODYi IS FOUND ON RIVER BANK Suicide Attracted Attention In Oregon City By Sringe Actions Left Homa Without Hat and Coat Despondent because he believed his stepfather and his mother had made an unfortunate investment In a groc ery store In ttoiton, Carl Nobs, twenty two yeara of age, committed suicide Sunday afternoon on the banks of the Willamette River by swallowing car bolic acid. The body waa found Mon day evening by A. J. Hobble, keeper of the Government Light near Bolton. Mrs. A. Kohler, mother of the young man, upon being Informed of his death, swooned, and her condition la serious. Mr. Kohler and his wife went from Hood River to Bolton about three weeks ago and purchased the store from A. P. Schneider. The price is Continued on page 4. 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Steven Evoncvlcb, an Austrian, waa killed Wednesday, 10 miles above Es tacada, on the Clackamas River. He was struck by a large rock that came tumbling down from the side hill, and his skull waa fractured. Evidently the nolae of the rushing river, about 30 feet from where the unfortunate man was working, prevented his hearing the noise of the falling mlssle. Evoncvich was about 20 yeara of age, and Is understood be has a broth er and father in Portland. He had been working where the accident oc curred for the Portland Railway, Light & power Company about four daya. Though there are about 20 men work ing on the job of building a wagon mad, two miles above the fork of the river, none saw the rock fall that fatally Injured Evoncvlcb. Under the direction of the engineer in charge, the injured man was placed on an Improvised stretcher and car ried four miles down the river to Duncan'! place, where a wagon was obtained, and the sufferer waa taken in a wagon, on which bed-springs were1 laid, to Estacada. He died about 35 minutes before reaching that town . A messenger waa sent to Duncan's, four miles from the scene of the ac cident. Immediately after It happened, to telephone for a physician, but there was none obtainable, the Estacada doctors being out of town. Evoncvich was given a hasty examination by the engineer, and the only injury discov ered then was a broken leg. After reaching Duncan'! he complained of being in pain and an opiate waa ad ministered which seemed to relieve him. The body was .brought in from Es tacada and Coroner Fox held an in quest. Dr. H. S. Mount examined the remains and after hearing his testl money and that of the engineer, the jury brought in a verdict In accord ance with the facts. The fracture of the skull produced cerebral hemor rage. The jury was composed of Harry E. Draper. Roy Armstrong, E. E. Brodle, Tom J. Myers, R. L. Hol man and R. W. Baker. License To Wed Issued. Olive Deardorff and Simon Huddle were granted a marriage license on Monday by County Clerk Mulvey. He la ot Lents, while the latter is of Boring. The marriage will be solem nized today. Form ! ! . puzzle. - FOR LADIES ONLY: Why is it that the men with the Fishing- mua aJwdvj ook like . Illustrated Train wrecKers ycagmau runnnnvMrv ami u( m IWI lorvAJnrciMrrswci. YDL) HAVE ANOTHER GUESS mmm FRIENDS AID SALESMAN, WHO IS SUPPORT OP AGED MOTHER. Friends Friday came to the res cue of J. J. Naily, the Portland sales man, arrested on a charge of obtain ing money under false pretence, and the case against him was dismissed hy Justice of the Peace Samson. Nally was arrested in Portland at the Instance of the authorities here, on a warrant charging him with having de frauded a mercantile house of Esta cada. After his arrest several persons in Portland alleged that Nally bad passed worthless checks on them, and the authorities of Multnomah county refused to turn over the prisoner to Clackamas county. Friends, how ever, went to Nally's assistance, mak ing good his alleged abortage. He is said to be the only support of his aged mother. Justice of the Peace Samson dismissed the case upon the payment of the cost! by Nally's friends. The Estacada mercantile house was also reimbursed and Lar sen & Company of this city, who al leged that they had cashed a worth less check for Nally, were told (hat the money would be returned to them. TO Y OF E RAILWAY AND CONTRACTORS AMAZE BY DECLINING TO CARE FOR BODIES. ORDER IS ISSUED BY JUDGE BEATIE Workmen Whose Lives Avalanche Sniffs Out in a Twinkling Are Stranger And Friendless. The Mount Hood Railway & Power Company and the contractors who are building the Mount Hood line having refused to bury the men who were killed in the big landslide at Bull Run Thursday, the authorities ot Clacka mas county took charge of the bodies on Friday. Two of them will be burled in the cemetery at Gresham today, and unless relative! of the third man, whose body has been recovered, are heard from in a few days the county will conduct bis funeral and burial also. The search for the fourth man, Edward Torgason, who was en tombed was continued Friday by a force of sixty men. When Coroner rox went to Bull Run Thursday to hold the inquest be was given to understand that the company would have tbe bodies buried unloas relatives of the men were found. This has been tbe custom of corporations and other business con cerns. However, Dr. Short, of Gres ham, telephoned to Coroner Fox Fri day that Superintendent Packer, in charge of the railroad work, had de clined to take charge of the bodies. Coroner Fox immediately notified County Judge Beatie, who Issued ord ers that the county bury the bodies at Gresham. One of the men is said to have had several weeks' wages coming to him, and the expense of his burial will be taken from this. While there has been no disposition on ' the part of the county officials to criticise the company and contrac tors for not taking charge of the bod ies, there "Vaa no concealment of as tonishment at the announcement of the superintendent. The men had only recently arrived at the camp, were virtually friendless, and it has not been charged that the accident in which their lives were so suddenly sniffed out, wag in any way due to negligence on their part. ' Fifth Street Property Sold. The property, located on Fifth and Monroe streets, which his been oc cupied for the past 10 years by Ceorge Young and family, has been sold X,; E. Matthies to a Mr. Lewis, for $14t0, who will take possession next week. Mr. Young will occupy the residence belonging to Joseph Lynch, and re cently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Braendle. SHEEP KILLING DOG OWNERS ARE VICTIM DECLARES THAT HE WILL SHOOT ALL CANINES FOUND IN HIS PASTURE. Owners of dogs have been warned by H. W. Streibig, of Abernathey and Clackamas Heights, that any dogs found in his pasture will be killed. The warning is the result of Mr. Strei big having lost six abeeo Friday. Tbe sheep were killed by dogs, and two more that are missing are thought to hare met the aame fate. Mr. Streibig is not the only person living in and near Oregon City who has suffered frvni the dogs. Brown t Kloostra, who have a pasture high er up on the Clackamas Heights road, report the lose of two sheep, and lev era! farmers having complained of dogs entering theii pastures and frightening the sheep. Mr. Strelbig's pasture is at the junction of the Ab ernathey and Clackamas Height!. 0 OTY VICTIMS I MEADE POST AND RELIEF CORPS START VISITING COUNTY SCHOOLS. PUPILS GIVE THEM WARM GREETING S. B. Ormsby To Make Memorial Day Address Mayor Brownsll Is Chosen To Preside. Preliminary to the observation of Memorial Day, members of Meade Post Grand Army of tbe Republic and the Ladles' Relief Corps Thursday began visiting the schools of tbe coun ty, which has been the custom for more than twenty years. Because of the inclement weatner amy four of the veterans D. K. olK, Commander; H. S. Clyde, Adjutant; J. L. Mattox, Daniel Williams and O. A. Cheney ventured on the trip. The Relief Corps representatives were Mrs. N. M. All dredge, Mrs. A. Mattox, Mrs. Pauline Schwartz and Mrs. Minnie Donovan. The delegation visited tbe Canamah school In tbe morning and the Willa mette school In the afternoon. At both places the children received the veterans with cheers and at Willa mette the pupils marched out .from the building to meet the delegation. Speeches were made by Messrs. Bill and Clyde, and tbe children sang patriotic songs and gave patriotic rec itations. At Willamette the visitors were treated to Ice creams and ceke. The veterans will visit today the East . Side and McLaughlin schools, the Barclay and Eastman schools on May 24 and Gladstone and Parkplace on May 25. Th program for the Memorial Day, May 30, service has been prepared by tbe executive committee, consisting of H. S. Clyde, L. B. Horton, John Ackley and George A. Harding. Mayor Brownell will be President of the day; H. S. Clyde, Grand Marshal, and E. McFarland, Bugler. Services will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the morning and at the First Bap tist Church In the evening. The fol lowing Is tbe program for the day: All comradea and old soldier are hereby notified that Memorial services will be held at the St. Paul's Episco pal Church Rev. Chaa. W. Robinson at 10:30 o'clock, and at the First Baptist Church at 7:30 p. m.. Rev. 8. A. Hay worth officiating. Comrades will assemble at the Willamette Hall at 10 o'clock, and will be escorted by the Fife and Drum Corps and Com pany G, Oregon National Guard to the church. May 30, Post and Relief Corps will assemble at Willamette Hall, where they will recevie pupils of the public schools and pupils of McLaughlin In stitute. Superintendent Tooze and Father Hillebrand will make short ad dresses. Post and Corps will be formed on Main Street at 9:45 and escorted by Drum Corps and Company G, Oregon National Guard, will proceed to the . bridge. Following the exerciseii nt the bridge, tbe column will procetm to the Shively Hall, where the following pro gram will be rendered: Music Fife and Drum Corps Prayer Rev. J. R. Landaborough Introduction Commander D. K. Bill Announcements President. of Day, Geo. C. Brownell Quartette, Mrs. Leon Des Larzes, Mrs. E. H. Cooper, Mrs. E .A. Frost, Mrs. W. C. Green. Address Hon. S. B. Ormsby Solo Master Kenneth Woodward Tbe column will then re-form and move to Mountain View Cemetery, where tbe ritualistic ceremonies of the G. A. R. and W. R. C. will be ren dered as follows: Dirge rir uui Drum Corps Address, ritual, page 8.... Commander Prayer, ritual, page 11 Chaplain Crowning Monument... Officer of the Day Response "Our Unknown Dead".. Rev. E. F. Zimmerman Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg... Mrs. John Ackley Ceremonies of Meade Relief Corps No. 18. Prayer, ritual, page 11 Chaplain Roll of Honor .Adjutant Taps Bugler E. McFarland Decoration of Comrades' Graves... Comrades D. K. BILL, Post Commander. The following members of the Post have died since last Memorial Day: P. T. Davis, Isaac Prlndle, Sidney D. Richardson, David Robeson and Har vey Tingle. JUNE 10 IS NEW DATE SET FOR ROSE SHOW POSTPONEMENT DECIDED UPON AT MEETING OF SOCIETY. The Rose Society, at a meeting In the Commercial Club Saturday after noon, postponed the rose show until June 10. The roses are unusually late this year because of the cold weather, and tbe members of the society de cided that a better showing could be made later. The details of the show were dis cussed. A children'! parade, which will be gives In the afternoon just before the show begins, will be one of the feature! of the festival. The parade will be preceded by a band. The ihow was originally set for Jane 3. and, because of the necessity of postponement It waa thought beet to wait until the Portland festival waa over.